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NEWS REVIEW Cruising to Stockholm is popular. Good cruise year in stockhoLM In all, 255 cruise ships with 281 000 passengers called at Ports of Stockholm during the 2007 cruise season. These figures are only slightly lower compared with the record year of 2006. ”The number of calls and passengers has stabled in recent years, and the levels are high. The cruise business is doing well right now. We are the fourth largest cruise destination in the Baltic Sea,” says Josefin Haraldsson, project manager at Stockholm Visitors Board, in a comment to SSG. new eMMa Mærsk estiMates A. P. Møller-Mærsk’s E-class container vessel seems even bigger than the 14,500 TEUs claimed by several sources until now. AXS-Alphaliner, an international container research company, has done a new counting based on a detailed drawing of the type. Their conclusion on the capacity landed on: 15,200 TEUs with a capacity of 7,004 TEUs under the hatches and 8,208 TEUs on deck. This capacity is still a theoretical number of boxes, but the ships have the possibility to take that many containers. The new figure raises the World record by some 700 TEUs. The E-class now consists of six vessels (Emma, Estelle, Eleonora, Evelyn, Ebba and Elly). Another two units is under construction at Odense Steel Shipyard. Piracy attacks Goes uP aGain According to the International Maritime Bureau, robbery and piracy attacks against vessels went up 14 per cent in the first nine months of 2007, compared to the same period last year. The figures show that 198 attacks have been reported worldwide so far this year. CHRISTIAN LAGEREkE /PORTS Of STOCkHOLm J. Lauritzen orders seven more ships SSG-rinGkøbinG. J. Lauritzen A/S has been in the Far East to order more tonnage. At the South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries, Lauritzen Bulker has exercised an option for a further two cape-size units in the new 180,000 DWT segment for delivery in 2011. After this pair, the renewal programme consists of 35 ships of which 18 will be owned. At the South Korean shipyard STX, in Ulsan Lauritzen Kosan has purchased three more of the ten sister ships on order (The Isabella Kosan-type). After the SSG-tallinn. On 12 October, the Estonian Border Guard Aviation Group inaugurated its new hangar facilities at Tallinn Airport. At the same time, the newly purchased helicopter, an Agusta Westland 139, was presented. This is the first Estonian purchase of a new helicopter, and the price tag was EUR 9.5 million. The helicopter is equipped with all necessary equipment for Search and Rescue, SAR, operations. Further training of the crews will cut the time from alarm to takeoff to 15 minutes also at night. From the end of the year, Estonia will have two helicopters for SAR operations, purchase, Lauritzen Kosan will own seven of the 10 units. The remaining three will still be owned by partners and sail with commercial management provided by Lauritzen Kosan. Finally, Lauritzen Tankers has ordered a further two product carriers from Guangshou Shipyard International for delivery in 2011. The portfolio of MR tankers will then consist of eight ships. In total, J. Lauritzen has 56 owned ships on order and another 16, which partners will deliver to the fleet. Estonia strengthens SAR operations SSG-åbo. Rettig Group Ltd Bore has signed an agreement to acquire of the Dutch drycargo vessels Transitorius and Merwedelta, built in 2000 and 2001 respectively. The sister ships have a deadweitght of 4 951 tons and will be handed over to their new owner in October-November. They will sail under the Finnish flag mADLI VITISmANN Augusta Westland 139. In September, next year, the Border Guard will take delivery of a new Augusta Westland 139 helicopter to replace the slower MI-8. Møkster forMs underwater new exPertise Simon Møkster Shipping has joined forces with underwater specialist Riise Underwater Engineering for new construction projects around two diving vessels on order at the Westcon yard in Norway for delivery in 2009. The price of the two vessels is NOK 700 million. The vessels are equipped with large ROVs (remotely operated vehicle) designed and built by Kystdesign in Haugesund. Bore acquiers two dry-cargo vessels under their new names Fingard and Svegard. The new vessels will be employed in Bore’s business area Contracts of Affreightment (CoA). “This is a renewal of the fleet, which means that we are going to sell some older units”, says Exec. VP CoA Jhonny Husell at Bore’s office in Mariehamn to SSG. 78 SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • OCTOBER 26, 2007
Newbuilding contracts in the Nordic market MARKET REPORTS Month Owner Nat Size Type Shipyard Delivery Value Remarks July SeaDrill No drillship Samsung 6.10 USD 598 m Aug Olympic Prawns No 73.8 m trawler Solstrand 3.10 NOK 270 m ST-118 Carras Hellas Group Grc 180,000 bulk Odense 09 USD 95 m Carras Hellas Group Grc 180,000 bulk Odense 09 Carras Hellas Group Grc 180,000 bulk Odense 10 Carras Hellas Group Grc 180,000 bulk Odense 10 undiscl 94 m supply Aker Yards 4q10 NOK 850 m AH 12 undiscl 94 m supply Aker Yards 2q11 NOK 850 m AH 12 Iran Ir tender Båtservice 08 NOK 50 m 100 pax Central Danube Region Aus 32 m catam Båtservice 09 NOK 25m 102 pax Sept Boa Offshore No 95 m supply undiscl 10 VS491, 500 t winch Boa Offshore No 95 m supply undiscl 11 VS491, 500 t winch Boa Offshore No 95 m supply undiscl 11 VS491, 500 t winch Boa Offshore No 95 m supply undiscl 11 VS491, 500 t winch Boa Offshore No 95m supply undiscl 10 VS495 MPSV Boa Offshore No 95m supply undiscl 11 VS495 MPSV Boa Offshore No 95m supply undiscl 11 VS495 MPSV Boa Offshore No 95m supply undiscl 11 VS495 MPSV D/S Norden Den 50,500 tanker Guangzhou 11 USD 50 m Ezra Holdings Sing 92m supply Karmsund 8.10 NOK 620 m VS490 ahts Ezra Holdings Sing 92m supply Karmsund 12.10 NOK 620 m VS490 ahts J Lauritzen Den 33,400 bulk Kanasashi HI 10 open-hatch J Lauritzen Den 33,400 bulk Kanasashi HI 11 open-hatch Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 10 USD 42 m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 10 USD 42 m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 10 USD 42m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 10 USD 42 m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 10 USD 42 m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 10 USD 42 m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 11 USD 42 m Arne Blystad No 25,000 tanker Samho 11 USD 42 m Saaremaa Sh Est ferry Fiskerstrand BLRT 09 NOK 350 m 150 cars, 600 pax Saaremaa Sh Est ferry Fiskerstrand BLRT 11 NOK 350 m 150 cars, 600 pax Mosvold Supply No 91m supply Batamec 12.10 VS491, ahts Mosvold Supply No 91m supply Batamec 7.11 VS491, ahts Eitzen Chemical No 13,000 tanker Jinse SB 08 USD 24 m Eitzen Chemical No 13,000 tanker Jinse SB 08 USD 24 m Knutsen OAS No 160,000 tanker Daewoo 10 USD 116 m Herning Shipping Den 8,000 tanker Nantong Mingde 09 USD 20m Herning Shipping Den 8,000 tanker Nantong Mingde 09 USD 20m Esvagt Den 930* rescue ASL Shipyard 09 Esvagt Den 930* rescue ASL Shipyard 09 Oct Trans Viking Sw/No supply Ast Zamacona 10 VS4622 ahts Trans Viking Sw/No supply Ast Zamacona 10 VS4622 ahts Carras Hellas Group Grc 180,000 bulk Odense 1.10 USD 110 m Carras Hellas Group Grc 180,000 bulk Odense 2.10 USD 110 m J Lauritzen Den 180,000 bulk Hyundai 11 USD 90 m J Lauritzen Den 180,000 bulk Hyundai 11 USD 90 m J Lauritzen Den 50,500 tanker Guangzhou 11 USD 50 m J Lauritzen Den 50,500 tanker Guangzhou 11 USD 50 m Oceanteam No 137 m offshore Metalships 11 NOK 465 m Havila No 4,000 supply Fjellstrand 10.09 NOK 260 m * = gross tons c = capacity in cubic metres Read the latest news and search for facts and statistics on www.shipgaz.com SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • OCTOBER 26, 2007 79
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